The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 January 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. i:>.681 ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    BRITISH INDUSTRIES REPLY TO DICTATORS' METHODS
    297 1 Strength Gained By United Efforts PROMISE OF HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT I London. Jan. 20. iib k. 11l DSON, Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas »tated in a speech today his conviction nl\ way of meeting competition of the Vind jtish indttstrj was now encountering was
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    BRITAIN'S HUGE NAVAL INCREASE
    204 1 Biggest Ever Known In Peacetime London, Jan. 20. MR. HECTOR BYWATER, Daily Telegraph naval expert, 1V writes today that he learns the forthcoming British naval estimates include a large amount of new construction, including battleships, cruisers and destroyers. This, added to the 6JMUMM) tons of naval
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    Bomb Threat To Hendon Aerodrome
    85 1 London, Jan. POLLOWING receipt of a mes- sage stating that an attempt would be made to blow up the aerodrome buildings, no planes are now being kept in the hangars at Hendon. The message was telephoned at midnight by an unknown caller, using a public
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    WOMAN JOINS SOVIET CABINET
    123 1 Mo-cow. Jan. 'JO. POLINA ZHEMSHUZHINA. aife oi Premier Molotoft, has been appointed Ccmmisar of the fishing industry, a newly-created pest, the functions cl which were formerly part of the Commisarlal of Fcocl and Industries. MfJUf 7A\. m,hii"hina is thus th: Hist woman member of the cabinet.
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    25 1 rU.ni;o«»n. Jan. 10. ind two other arrested on a chars;.murder, foUowing thi d menade at a car of the Premier hod today was damaged. Reuter
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    Japanese Drive Into Kwangsi Expected
    195 1 Chungking, Jan. 20. A CHINESE despatch from Sian states that 200 persons were killed and wounded and 300 houses demolished when 2o Japanese aeroplanes bombed the central district of Sian yesterday, dropping more than 80 bombs. Despite the present Japanese effen- j 'ive on the
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    Fall Of Barcelona Imminent
    318 1 Fall Of Barcelona Imminent Lerida. Jan. ;>O. THE fall of Barcelona seems imminent this evening. At midday the Nationalists captured Calaf, eight miles north west of I^ualada. described as a vita! junction In the Rspt&icua first iir.e defence before Barcelona, anc 1 the fall cf seven Other towns on the
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    Schacht Dismissed By Hitler
    391 1 Berlin, Jan. LJERK HITLER has "relieved Dr. Schacht of his post of President of the Keichsbank and has appointed Herr Funk to combine the post with that of Minister of Economics. The announcement came as a complete surprise, a.s only yesterday the Nazi Press chief. Herr
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    Italian Mission Bombed
    34 1 Chungking, Jan. 10. According to Chinese reports, the Italian Catholic Mission at Tungchow. South Shensi. a hundred kilometres north east ot Sian has been bombed. Three Chinese servants wer^ killed, Reuter
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    Parliament Not To Be Recalled
    82 1 London, Jan. 20. MR. C. R. ATLEE. leader ol the Opposition in the House of Commons, has repeated his request to the Prime Minister for the immediate recall of Parliament in view of the gravity of the Spanish situation. Mr. Chamberlain's reply is another refusal.
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    Heavier Guns On German Cruisers
    169 1 London, Jan. 20. :THE reply of the Cerman Government j on the subject of German submarine construction has now reached London and is under examination. During recent consultations at which Germanv intimated her intention to increase submarine tonnage. Britain was also notified of her desire
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    FRENCH MASSING WARSHIPS OFF CHINA COAST
    370 2 Patrols Between Hainan And Pakhoi JAPANESE EFFORT TO CUT SUPPLY ROUTES SOON? Hong Kong, Jan. 20. A REPORT from the Chinese Magistrate of the district of Lingshan, in Southeast Kwangtung, states that the French authorities are not only massing their warships along the coast
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    39 2 A PARTY OF BASQUE CHILDREN who have been staying in England left Croydon last week for Switzerland. They will tour towns and give concerts in aid of the Spanish Relief Committee funds. Picture shows the children before leaving Croydon.
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    Japan Party Split On Eve of Diet
    235 2 Tokio, Jan. 20. QN the eve of the reopening of the Diet, a split is threatening the Seiyukai, second largest political party in Japan. Demonstrating their lack of confidence in the party's management, 15 Parliamentary members of the party, representing N'orth-ea stern Japan
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    Atlantic Airmail Service Plans
    96 2 Montreal, Jan. 20. TRANS-CANADA Airlines announced today that they have been advised by Imperial Airways that the trans- Atlantic airmail service will be weekly when inaugurated in May, but is likely to be biweekly before the end of the summer. The route will be Southampton. Foynes,
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    BIGGER GUNS FOR NEW NAZI CRUISER
    45 2 Berlin, Jan. 20. It is revealed the new 10.000 ton cruiser Seydlitz, launched yesterday, will be armed with 8-inch guns instead of 6-inch guns as originally proposed. This is a seo.uel to the Anglo-German naval discussions last month.- Reuter
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    23 2 Rome, Jan. 20. A fresh list Of Spain casualties was published today, statins that 177 Italian legionaries have been killed in Catalonia.- Reuter
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    Coal For Wartime: U. S. Scheme
    67 2 Washington. Jan. 20. A plan to store a hundred nillion tons of coal for industrial use in the event of a wartime emergency is to be submitted to the planning division of the War Department for consideration, it was announced today. The coal would
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    33 2 Six Adam flreplanes, worth several thousand pounds, have been stolen I from a house in Fitzroy-square, Tottenham Court Road. The owner, is in hospital and the house has been closed since last November.
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    YOUNG WIFE'S STORY OF BEATINGS BY HUSBAND
    364 2 PRUELTY allegations by a young wife against her middle-aged husband were heard in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday, when Daniel Ferrao appeared on a summons charging him with neglecting to maintain his lawful wife, Lee Quek Moey, a young Hokkien woman. Lee
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    Filipino Troops Fire On Japanese
    110 2 Manila, Jan. 20. AN incident between Japanese and Filipino military occurred yesterday at Lauyen Ikbayat, KB Luzon Island. Twenty-six Japanese subjects, probably from Formosa, alleged to have been pirating lumber, were fired on. One Japanese was wounded and captured, while the others escaped to a
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    Hitler's Hint To London?
    125 2 Hitler's Hint To London Schacht's Dismissal Lccacn, oun. 20. F\R. SCHACHT'S dismissal lrom the presidency of the Reichsbank 'as reported on page 1) is the subject of widespread comment in foreign diplomatic quarters in London, says Reuters diplomatic correspondent. Commentators are inclined to link it intimately with the clash between
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    Chinese Woman Faces Bankruptcy Examination
    194 2 Chinese Woman F aces Bankruptcy Examination AN elderly Ch. r m nonya style JJ to possess secun bad tc rive NTMay interpret txainlnsti* r, Uce, M.. S the S!iip,oi yesterday. When ou. tate of her husband who died In 1908 C won.;.' sh( k know, i am mj She was
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    French Note is "Not Important"
    55 2 Tokio. Jan. J" lAPAN does not attach Md ance to the French i. followed the Anglo- Anv-r cording to the ipokesMß i Foreign Office today. Replying to a question ttOM newspaper correspondent, the sp* man commented that "France l< too busy dealing with more Import
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    TRIED TO BRIBE POLICE INSPECTOR
    337 3 TRIED TO BRIBE POLICE INSPECTOR Chinese Who Was Cruel To Load Of Fowls FINES TOTAL $110 VOU try to evade a fine of ten dollars by bribing the Inspector. I want to impress on you that public officials must be protected from this sort of thing/' remarked Mr. L. C.
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    42 3 KmVt OF THF C.RE.VI R'fREK w.is celebrated re- u ml th" picture shows one „i thf mci arts, which were a ir i ol th#* festivities, proceeding „m < u>«' Toun to Pretoria, where < Mime nat laid in a new It ier Monument.
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    Three Cantonese Women Charged
    92 3 THE case against three Cantonese women, Yue Tai. Than Yong and Chan Ah Ho, who were charged with bringing into the Colony a girl under 21 for th? purpose of prostitution, was mentioned before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Mr.
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    Malay Poses As Salesman
    236 3 Allegedly posing as a sewing machine I .salesman, a young Malay. Tamby Chi bin Pichy went to tne house of on elderly Malay woman. Yah binte Mohamed, in Oeylang Serai, Informing her that he would sell her maehlne if she wished to dispose of it. Yesterday
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    Eurasian's Second Bankruptcy
    142 3 Eurasian's Second Bankruptcy REQUESTED TO LEAVE JOB I was requested by the Singapore Municipal Commis-' resign from his post as a In the Municipal Health nt because of his indebtras disclosed by Charles Francis, a 48-year-old in, in his public examination Sir Percy McElwaine. Chief S.S., in the Singapore Banki
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    WHAT TAKES PLACE WRING AN HOUR?
    218 3 I i.-.uoh" would be the first t Staph when acikej this Ul hour, v. hat's an hour? Just thai piss quickly when we lupi d and never teem to B M have nothing to do Naturally, now and important mav happen U iaius have
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    Income Drops Four-Fifths
    97 3 Because nil income had been reduced from $240 10 $52 a month, a former machinery Inspector at the Registrar of Veh cles office. B. B. Wahid, applied In the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday for a reduction cf the instalments in his bankruptcy from $20 to $2. The
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    Acquittal For European Driver
    59 3 Richard Edwin Rat-, a European, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of driving a car in a negligent manner, thereby colliding wit':: another car at the junction of Cross Street and Ceil Street, on April 14.
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    Midnight Showing Of "The Citadel"
    57 3 THE fiim of Dr. A. J. Cronln's novel "The Citadel v.ill be shown at a special midnight premiere at the Pavilion cinema tonight. The normal run of the film will begin at th<» Pavilion en Jan. 31. Tickets lor the midnight show may be reserved
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    News In Brief
    205 3 The Ranee of Sarawak, who flej; to Singapore from Kuching on Tuesday on the return of a Wearnes Air Services' plane which made a survey flight tT Sarawak, left for England by the Nederland liner ChrLstiaan Huygens yesterday. The Rants will afterward visit the United States, where
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    65 3 thf vrnw 771 *Ses^Vtn^jS£S2 f Suez Canal tcl the Fox film W^Trlra^u»2^rr!SJ2 sday r/le so traces the «nd clntinua[tlZt% sS»i*2 the canal and their wttk Therm 77rJr7nl ?J t ks J l3 and hts bwfWcrs /aced ilui-in? joined f /Jc wesV*r^»S J be/0r 0/ water, wMcfc JES^L2?I f!f? n L
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    Chief Steward Alleges He Was Robbed
    579 3 CHINESE ACQUITTED A QUESTION ot identification was the crux of a case ot alleged robbery which was heard by Mr. L. B Gibson in the Criminal District Court yesterday «wl H n d Wa s 5 21 ->' ear -old Hokkien, Lee Ah Ton*
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    Fracas In Coolie Lines
    110 3 gENG HEE CHAI, a 47-yearold Chinese, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Tan Nim Huat with a vegetable knife. Sen*? claimed trial. Inspector Embury said Seng H?e Chai was alleged
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    Prison Motion Against Typist
    94 3 To enable an Indian typist. K. Parthasarathy. to make good his promise to pay arrears of instalments to the Official Assignee, the Chief Justice. S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, adjourned fcr four weeks a motion to commit Parthasarathy to prison, made by Mr. J. W. D. Ambrose,
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    Indian Muslims To Meet Today
    64 3 Under the auspices of the Bengal Muslim Association a Mass meeting jof all Indian Muslims will be held at the Jalan Eesar Stadium from 7 p.m. jto 9 p.m. today, to deliberate the formation of an institution essential Ito their community. The Indian Muslim poeteos
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    CONTE VERDE
    43 3 Tb? Lloyd Triestino liner C n e Verde la due at 3 a.m. on Monday, from Trieste, Venice. Brindisi. Port Said. Bombay and Colombo. She ll expected to sail again tht same day at 5.30 pm. for Hong Kong and Shanghai
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    Thought He Had Come Into Fortune
    190 3 Thought He Had Come Into Fortune A SINGAPORE Indian who f 1 thought he had come into a fortune and consented to la judgment against him for j over $1,000 prior to his discharge from bankruptcy was disillusioned when he went to India to claim the monev. He received $1,284.
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    Battle For Key-Town To Barcelona
    256 4 Battle For KeyTown To Barcelona Burgos, Jan. 20. THE battle for Igualada, key town to Barcelona and 33 miles from the Catalan capital, began today, and by nightfall General Franco's troops were stationed in the folds of the hill within three miles of their objective. Nationalist artillery all day long
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    TWELVE NEW NAVAL BASES FOR US
    283 4 Defence Bill Submitted To Congress ONLY DREDGING AT GUAM Washington, Jan. 20. TWELVE new United States naval bases in the Atlantic 1 and Pacific, including an air base at Guam Island, are provided for in a bill which has now been introduced to Congress.
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    ARMY RECRUITING
    37 4 Londor. Jan. 20. Since April 10 of last year 30.515 recruits have been accepted for the regular army, exceeding by 1.033, the returns for the whole if the year ending Mar 31 last- British Wireless
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    Koo "Not Entirely Satisfied"
    131 4 Geneva. Jan. IQ. rFHE private meeting oi the League 1 Council passed two resolutions. One dealt with the bombardment of open towns in Spain and the other Dr. Wellington Koo's demand. Both will be submitted to the public meeting of the League Council tomorrow. The resolution
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    Ukraine Objects To Czech General
    102 4 Prague, Jan. 20. DEMONSTRATIONS have broken out in Carpatho-Ukralne against the appointment of a Czech, General Prchala, a member of the CarpathoUkraine Cabinet. It is announced that the Ukrainian Government intends to appeal to the Czech Supreme Constitutional Court if the general is not removed,
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER ON BIG SCALE
    39 4 London, Jan. 20. The first big works for the production of synthetic rubber at Schopkau near Hakke, is to start operations in a few days, according to the Berlin correspondent of The Times- Reuter
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    131 4 Th e following ihip the wharves or expected East Wharf: Entrant Gate j Rohna 20. I: Main Wharf: Entrance Gate >■ Kw Kelantan 15: Kcnkoi 12; Hakusan Maru 7 Empire Dock: Entrance Gate Em i Klang 31; Steel Bci< sandal 36. Empire Dock: Entrance (...te Eenwyvis 46; Slrdhan
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    Gaol For Robbing A Woman
    184 4 Gaol For Robbing A Woman "AilUwugil j^^ for v.ix months, and > vious convictions, the in which the woman, > badly injured, and you wiii to prison lor i\*o yea tice Home In t:: Couit yesterday, in Chinese, Ng Teh j\ t o\ Ng- was found guilty by vcrcuct ot
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    CLEARANCES
    21 4 Jan. 20:— Paolina Italy*: Edvnd (Brit.); Chr. Huygen> SeWJJJ" (Dut); Ampang. Esmeral'j Tan°."\ Plnang, Alng Leon-. Re 1 Jeran (Brit.).
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    POELO BRAS
    92 4 The Nedcrland Line ire^hur 'g Bras will arrive at six e m 0 morning from Europe and berth explosives anchorage c noon for Java port*; (K.L.M.) are aapceted In Mail; from Europe < r e \o* Imperial) are e* peered in s MW. bv A* Mall-, from Euv,
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      624 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY, Tenders. Tenders are now invited for' the following materials or services For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room Supply of 100 tons of Pig Lead for the Water Dept. Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. Feb 13. 1939. Supply of Cast Iron Pipes and Specials for the
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      623 4 STOMACHS BURNED WITH ACID —the result ef neglected iedigestioe Nobody should neglect indigestion pains. For indigestion is a s>ign that, after eating, too much acid is being made in your stomach. If you allow this to continue, more and more of this acid will be produced, moro than can usefully
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      243 4 SITUATIONS VACANT A vacancy exists in the Directorate of Works, R.A.F. Station. Seletar, for 1 Architectural and Electrical Engineering Assistant with training and experience in re-inforced concrete design and detail. Salary will be assessed according to the qualifications and experience of the accepted candidate. Preference will be given to British
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      463 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD imperial: From Europe due Wednesday, Friday, Saturday mornings. Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives fjvery evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: I Arrives Tuesday, Friday, Sunday mornings. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday. Sunday evenings.
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      212 5 j Trolley Bus Ticket Case Lim Kim Ann, aged 20. a trolley bus conductor, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a cheating charge. Lim is alleged to have cheated the Singapore Traction Company by failing to issue tickets to two Tamils, who
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 19, 1939. Aden's Centenary
    611 6 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 19, 1939. Aden's Centenary A DEN, which is this week cele- brating the centenary of its annexation by the British, is a much maligned colony, although its importance lor the defence of Empire communications is not overlooked in Singapore. In view of the
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    Cyprus—Britain's Neglected Colony And Its Strategic Value
    929 6 Cyprus Britain' s Neglected Colony And Its Strategic Value By A Special Correspondent C1R Richard Palmer, "in the public interest," has been persuaded to extend his term of office as Governor of Cyprus until next April. This decision, besides paying a compliment to Sir Richard for his work for the
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    POLICE PERUSE JAPANESE DOCUMENTS
    163 7 Warrants Issued Under Official Secrets Act CONSUL'S STATEMENT THK Special Branch Police are still examining documents IK( /(M j hv them in simultaneous raids carried out early Wednesday morning on several Japanese hotels and busine** hmi>cs in Singapore. The Free Press is officially informed that the
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    18 7 FOCR AUSTRALIAN TYPISTS DO THEIR EXERCISES on the roof of a Melbourne office bu ilding. Austral News photo.
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    Teacher Charged With Kidnapping
    61 7 JIM HONG TECK. a teacher in a Chinese School, was produced before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of kidnapping Lim Kim Han, alias Lim Lian Eng. from the lawful guardianship of Lye Ong Teng. Lim claimed trial.
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    Censor Bans Five American Screen Dramas
    251 7 pIVE Hollywood cranns and a sec- ticn cf one British newsreel were banned by th< Singapore Censer. Mr. T. Iff. Huaaey, In the last quarter of 1938. acccrci: 10 a Gametic notification. ••Sworn Enemy" (M.0.11 I and 'The Aff&lra of Annabel" rko. and "Border
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    Flying Club Trains Many Members
    117 7 toyai Singapore Flyinf Club's r the month of December r reala that nine pilots qualir their "A" licences They wereA 11. Heydon. G. T. Gillespie. I N. R< blnaon, A. T. Grieve. E. A •v Watts-Carter. B. D Lyon l and A. G. Hirst. Ing
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    Chinese Faces Serious Charges
    59 7 tore Mr. k. a. Blacker, ifapore Fourth Folic l*T. Lee AH Kai alias Lee young Cantonese, claimed i charw of being a member loclety, the Mobilised I arty. med trial to a charge rtlon by putting Seng ar of injury thereby icing him to deliver Chlneaa
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    Car And Bus In Collision
    93 7 •From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. Crashing his car against a bus while negotiating a bend l\V 2 miles from Kuala Lumpur, near Kajang, a young Malay, nephew of the A.D.O. Kajang, was killed instantly today. The accident took place this morning. Deceased
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    CHINESE PROTEST AGAINST HUNGARY LIKELY
    55 7 CHINESE PROTEST AGAINST HUNGARY LIKELY Chungking, Jan. 18. Dr. Wellington Koo, Chief Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, lt is understood, may issue a statement protesting against the recognition of Manehukuo by Hungary, which constitutes a violation of the League Assembly's resolution of 1933 on the non-recognition of that
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    Six Weeks' Gaol For City Detective
    247 7 REPORT ON A 'ROBBERY 9 "V^ have been telling a (issue of lies from beginning to end/' commented Mr. L. C. Goh, Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate, yesterday, sentencing Sinniah, a Singapore detective, to six weeks' simple imprisonment for makfag a false report Describing the
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    Admits Stealing Father's Fowls
    105 7 A CCUSED of stealing his lathers fowls, Lee Ah Piang. 20-year-old Teochew, pleaded guilty to the charge before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Inspector Eir.bury, prosecuting, said that at about 3 p.m. on Thursday it was alleged Lee went to
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    Unwed Father Seeks Custody Of His Child
    177 7 Unwed Father Seeks Custody Of His Child "jM EN must realise that unless they marry the woman, they cannot claim the child." This was pointed out by Mr. Conrad Oldham. Singapore Second Police Magistrate, yesterday, during a maintenance case. Siau Sek Chong. an English-speaking Chinese, father of an illegitimate child
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    European Drives On The Footpath
    103 7 European Drives On The Footpath DLEADING guilty to a charge of negligent driving on Nov. 11 in Orchard Road, a European. R.N. Elliott, was yesterday fined $20 in the Singapore Traffic Court. It was alleged by the prosecution that Elliott, while driving towards town hit the rear bumper of a
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    Fireworks At Chinese New Year
    102 7 The Chief Police Officer. Singapore, it is announced in the Gazette, authorises the letting off within Singapore of fireworks other than sand crackers on the following fixed days and hours during Chinese New Year, 1939: from 11.30 p.m. Feb. 18 to 1 30 a.m. Feb.
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    SURRENDER OF 15,000 CHINESE CLAIMED
    47 7 Tokio, Jan. 10. Some 15,000 Chinese troops led by Sun Chin-she surrendered to Japanese troops on Tuesday at Kweiteh, in Honan Province, according to Japanese reports. Sun is said to have belonged to army under G<n. Lung Huei-tinK, in south-western Eastern News
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    "Suez'' & "The Citadel" For Singapore
    1532 8 "Suez'' "The Citadel" For Singapore —•By Sree Press Film Correspondent I Many big and important films are due in Singapore in the next few weeks Three, which will be seen in the city during the next two weeks are %Sr "The Citadel" and "Lancer Spy"~all are referred to on this
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    ARMS USELESS ON A WET DAY
    204 8 Rheumatism Made Work A Torture Here is a remarkable instance of the manner in which damp weather can affect the Joints of one who is subject to rheumatism. "I had been suffering from rheumatism very badly," a man writes, "and had had such pains
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      340 8 BIBBY LINE (LONDON ADDRESS): tt, PALL MALL, LONDON S.W 1 Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON, COLOMBO. PORT SUDAN, MARSEILLES, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON with through connection from Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Leave Rangoon Colombo 1939 WORCESTERSHIRE Jan. 26 Feb. 1 CHESHIRE Feb. 9 Feb. 15 i YORKSHIRE Feb. 23
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      468 9 iSHßß&a^^'^L $f. fl PsOandß^isinNDiA LINES OIOOaPORATBO IN ENGLAND) P. 6c O. S. N. GO'S SAILINGS OUTWARDS Due One tonnage S'pore. Tonnage S'pore. ran 170on Jan 21 CORFU 15.000 Mar. 10 RAW/ 17.000 Feb. 10 CHITRAL 15.C00 Mar. 24 •BURUWAN 6.070 Feb. 11 CARTHAGE 15.000 Apr. 7 :f>N 15.500 Feb. 24
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      525 9 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn Straits Settlements.) GIUSIIVM HOUSE. MATTERY KD., SINGAPORE PHONE 5173 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, iincorporated tn Rngiana.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL SteamCr Due Sails CITY OF MANDALAY Calls Glasgow Jan 30 Feb 2 CITY OF FLORENCE Calls Glasgow Feb 21
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    SHIPPING INDUSTRY'S FIVE YEAR PLAN
    1652 10 Subsidies Wanted To Fight Foreign Competition £5,000,000 A YEAR FOR LINER DEFENCE FUND London, Jan. 10. DROPOSALS formulated by the different sections of the shipping industry on the best means to fight State-aided or artificially fostered foreign competition have been coordinated by the Joint Shipping
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      662 10 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. *^M\aMa I ro euKOPE FROM SINGAPORE AND FENANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAY. SUEZ. PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives Snore. S'pore. Penan? %^t* YorK PRESIDENT HARRISON j an 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Mar. 11 PRESIDENT HAYES Fc b Feb
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    12 11 Last Night's Quotations From Exchange Telegraph Co.
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co. 's List
    1094 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co. 's List -T^m. ,\V :!0, 1933: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers gi 3d 4s 3d 26s* 27s 9d Tsl 23S .60 20s 3d Hi 9d |1) 130 1.35 10s ins 9d O ?ls Od 22s Pi 12s Md 13s tfd ts.) 25
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday
    478 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday Share of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations previnuciv otherwise stated rrev,mKlv Conversion Loan, b pc* 1944-64.... 109% 109i' Funding Loan, 4 pc 1960 90 107% 107 5? War Loan. 3«/ 2 pc 9V 2 975^ Com. Unicn Assce.
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    167 11 ISSUED MY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was SII6H, down U. The London Stock Exchange yesterday was reported as being somewhat brighter but unfortunately the tin share section did not share in the general rise and a further long
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    Local Exchange Rates
    172 11 JAN. 26 SELLING London T.T. 2,3 13J16 London demand 2 '3 13 [16 Lyons demand 2048 Switzerland demand 239% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54% Montreal demand 54*4 Batavia demand 99 Samarang demand 99% Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 155 Madras and Colombo demand 155 Hong
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    105 11 JAN. M, 1239: 12 O'CLOCK NOON Bayers Sellers. No. IX R.SB. Spot loose 27% 27% No. IX R.S.S. F.0.8. In cases January 27% n» O.F.A.Q. R.SB. F.0.8. to bales January 27% 27% F.A.Q. R.S.S. F.0.8. to bales January 26*16 26 11,16 "C" Blanket Crepe F.0.8.
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday
    183 11 RUBBER: Dull. London: 7 15 16d. 8 1 16d. Previously: 8d 8 l I6d Jan.-Mar.: 7 15 16d. 8 1 16d. Previously: 8d 8 lW Apr.-June: 8 116d. 8i /B d. Previously: 8 1 16d 8 3 16d July-Sept.: 8i B d.
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    THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations
    65 11 THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £215 17s. 6d. Previously: £216 7s. 6d. Three months: £216 12s. Gd. Previously: £217 2s. 6d NEW YORK TIN: (Opening price): 46.50. Previously: 46.65. COPPER: Settlement: £43 Previously: £43. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. 7d. Previously: £7 Bs. 5> 2 d.
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    Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
    68 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method or Parity Dei ore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate freviousl? Parts Franc to 121.11 177 3;i6 177 3116 New York. 2 to 4.8665 4.68 Va 468 3116 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.96 3 r 8.62 8.62 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 3d Is 3d.
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    PAYNTER 197 NOT OUT, HAMMOND 99 NOT OUT
    1770 12 Jackie Mac Pays $74 At Taiping Races HEAVY GOING ON FIRST DAY (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Jan. 20. DICkING winners was no easy task when the Taiping Turf Club's Skye meeting opened here today. Heavy showers before the first race and
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    Results And Dividends
    87 12 FIRST SECOND THIRD DIVIDENDS 1. Pfaoon Tok Bay Rose **m $28; 12, 9 2. East Lynr.e Spring Girl Anaconda $22; 7 8 8 3. Hilarity Army La dole t $32; 10 9 22 Contractor 4. Little Mother Pledge Sure Cure $51; 19 17 11 5. Star Lock
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    Two Boxing Champions Dethroned
    379 12 Two Boxing Champions Dethroned SOMPONG AND ABAYAN WIN i AFTER being nearly knocked out in an exciting third round, hard hitting Nai Sompong took Young Frisco .through 15 gruelling rounds to wrest the middleweight crown of the Orient from him at the Happy World Stadium last night. Frisco, tipping the
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    Wet Weather Hockey
    172 12 (By Nimrod) In spite of rain, a flooded field, and a ball whieh at times was hidden by water. Johcre and Singapore elevens p'ayed heckey on the Y.M.CA. ground i yesterday. It was a gallant gamt played oy gallants, who, undaunted by the conditions, hit the ball
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    Police Rugby Today
    29 12 JHE annual Police Rugby match, which win be witnessed by the Governor, and also by the Colonial Secretary takes place at Thomson Road Police Depot today.
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    England 373 For Two Wickets
    535 12 England 373 F or Two Wickets GOOD START IN THIRD T£ S ENGLAND made an excellent start in 'the^J 1 match started here today, their score aj th j play bem? 373 for two wickets. Rain came at an unfortunate stage for the 1 for Paynter is 197 not out
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    Selection For Today
    48 12 rrat Pes* selections fw second day of the ipjl meeting today c as Baca t:— Huarity, Uf trader Race 3:— BanloO Q, Racel:-^,^:, 1;i ...:f; Race B:-UtUc Mother, taZ Bnaac:-Bare tare, M llld 7 Race 7:-!»ride ef iVra.V Mn Anita. Raco l:-Xoma:ux i: ;;ipf Kab!ai
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    Today's Weights
    215 12 (Frcm Our Cwn C 1 a *P*nr, .j :i 21 >i for thI tomorrow iu I are as follow^: Ponies: Class Div. a i ml |fe Phar Far ,1J I'll Ba Anaconda 10.0a <, iTaj Mahal 10.02 Phoon Toi Poniei,: Ciass 3, Div. l. a&eetCfj Army Contra -tor
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    Terror Win In S.C.C. Rugby
    92 12 QNLY one tie was played in the seven-a-side Rugby tournament continued by the S.C.C. on the padarn* vesterday. H.M.S. Terror defeated the 41st RE. team by an unconverted try scored In the first period cf play The game was ptayed in n heavy oownpeur. Davis
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    S. C. C. CRICKET
    48 12 Members are requested to note that the annual, cricket meet.ng will be held after t^e semi-finals ot t** save* A-slde Rugby tournament at 6 pm on Mondajr and not at 5.15 pm as betoi notified. The Non-Benders' meeting will follow the Cricket Club meeting.
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